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Hey all,

I wanted to give a couple of these for gifts to start getting some family into the basics of mining...
I guess I'm looking for a price check on these guys and to see if anyone has any in stock.

If not, what would you recommend for a *cheap* alternative/replacement for these?

You can find them on ebay but I would recommend getting antminer U1 or U2s the asicminers won't do anything but turn you family off to mining because they won't mine anything.

They will mine pennys but its a beginning. :)  ;D

But hey I can't say anything I got 72 of them solo mining bitcoin.

And to those people that will say I am just waisting time. I don't give a shit I just need to be lucky once. Also take a look at the saying underneith my avatar. O also Im doing it Because i freaking want to!  8)  :o

Right on man, if I still had my sticks I'd be solo mining with them too!

I have 31 of them (used, obviously) that I'd be willing to sell. I still have the original plastic boxes too, though not the outer cardboard ones. Shipping would be out of the UAE.  I can also provide you with the D-Link DUB-H7 hubs I'm using with them for a fair price.  PM me if you're interested.

Are you solo mining too?  :D

Almost. :) I use P2Pool, and I aggregate all my mining gear into one payout address, so I get a decent return (except when the pool luck is atrocious, like it is now). Seriously considering switching them to solo mining, though.

I'm thinking of retiring my BE's - do you want to buy some?

I ended up finding a decent price on some Antminer U2s and opted to get those instead of more of the Asicminer USBs.
Thanks for the suggestion!

for how much did you find them & where?

.0385/each here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=505465

Cheap enough for gifts and hash at a decent rate. I'm happy with that.